Barry Bishop
Mountaineer
1932 – 1994
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Who was Barry Bishop?
Barry Chapman Bishop was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar. With teammates Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, he was a member of the first American team to summit Mount Everest, on May 22, 1963. He worked for the National Geographic Society for most of his life, beginning as a picture editor in 1959 and serving as a photographer, writer, and scientist with the society until his retirement in 1994. He was killed in an automobile accident near Pocatello, Idaho later that year.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1932
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Barry Chapman Bishop
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Northwestern University
- Died
- Sep 24, 1994
Pocatello
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on July 23, 2013
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